Princess Marina | |||||
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Princess of Naples | |||||
Born | Geneva, Switzerland | 12 February 1935||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice | ||||
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House | Savoy (by marriage) | ||||
Father | René Ricolfi-Doria | ||||
Mother | Iris Benvenuti | ||||
Occupation | water skier |
House of Savoy |
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The Prince of Venice
The Dowager Princess of Naples |
Princess Marina of Savoy (née Marina Ricolfi-Doria, born 12 February 1935) is a Swiss former water skier. She competed three times at the Water Ski World Championships winning gold medals in 1955 and in 1957. She won the overall title in the European Water Ski Championships consecutively from 1953 to 1956 and won five Swiss national titles. She was inducted into the International Water Ski Federation Hall of Fame in 1991.
She is the widow of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, the son of the last king and queen of Italy, Umberto II and Marie José. They had one son, Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice.